Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, SLAVA, and BOEING. (Craziness...)
Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, SLAVA, and BOEING. (Craziness...)
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, SLAVA, and BOEING. (Craziness...)
Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:41am
I literally can't believe all of these shows are closing today. I know some were limited engagements but today is really a sad day and I didn't get to see all of them but it's sad to see them all go.
General thoughts on NINE shows closing today...?
#2re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:45amOut of all the shows I think a few deserved to stay on broadway a lot longer. Im going to miss Young Frankenstein the most.
#2re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:50amI'm going to miss Boeing Boeing so much - I don't think I ever laughed so hard at a show.
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#3re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 3:15am
While each has its own individual reason for closure (many of which are quite, quite different), it's such a shocking thing to see nine shows closing in one day. That's what's perhaps so stirring about today.
For the Broadway historians here, is there a record as to the most shows closing in one day?
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#4re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 3:18amI would not be surprised if it's today.
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Posted: 1/4/09 at 4:56am
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:45am
Yes, I'm pretty sure it is a record. There was an article that showed the January closings in the past and I'm pretty sure only one or two others came close to 2009.
I will try to find it, but so far...no luck
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#7re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:01amI was fortunate enough to see some of the shows. Wishing all involved the best through these tough economic times.
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
#8re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:42amThis is sad. I wish all the actors the best.
#9re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:43am
I think I found what I think dramamama611 was talking about. Toward the bottom has a list of all the show closings in January through the years.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadways_Barometer_What_Can_We_Expect_for_the_1st_Quarter_of_2009_20081229
"i had no idea billy elliot was about one boy's triumph over epilepsy."-FindingNamo
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:50amYup, that was it. Silly me...the lead article for the last few days! Who'd a thunk! Thanks for finding it.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#11re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 10:54am
actually for some reason I decided to re-read it just before I read this thread, and when you mentioned not finding it I was like "hmmm...could it be in the article I just re-read that dramamama611 is talking about"
Its so sad to see all these shows go.
Edit: to fix spelling error
"i had no idea billy elliot was about one boy's triumph over epilepsy."-FindingNamo
Updated On: 1/4/09 at 10:54 AM
#12re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 11:25amLook at Playbill.com the page is filled with closings.
ifuweregay93
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/06
#13re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:01pm
Every headline (but the last 2) at the top of the main board page is about closings. 
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#14re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:21pm
Don't worry, people...White Christmas will surely be back, Liza and Estate were limited runs, Hairsrpay and 13 will defintely have a long life in regional and community theatres, and Grease...well...are we really sad about Grease?
O-bla-di, o-bla-da, la la la la life goes on. And so does Broadway.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:23pmOnly because it adds to the carnage! (And I suppose SOME people liked it.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#16re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 12:56pmBoeing and Hairspray :'(
dapperchapper
Understudy Joined: 12/14/08
#17re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:03pmThe front page of playbill.com is very depressing. one closing article after another...
#18re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:12pmThis is truly "Black Sunday" for Broadway.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#19re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 2:35pm
On the bright side...
Theatres are open for bright shiny new shows?
Gone doesn't mean forgotten, and while no one will miss Grease, the pound is weak against the dollar right now so you can always come visit us in the UK for your Hairspray fix?
Mark Rylance is coming home, yay?
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Featured Actor Joined: 1/18/06
#20re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 4:31pm
Not ashamed to say it -
I will miss Grease
Lynnespock2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/14/04
#21re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 6:51pm?? - I will miss Grease too.
Live long and prosper.
Marriage equity now!
#22re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 6:54pm
Sad to see these shows go!
J*
Updated On: 1/4/09 at 06:54 PM
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#23re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:19pmIt'll certainly be a busy time for the trucking companies, that's a hell of a lot of scenery to haul away to storage and to the dump.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#24re: Goodbye HAIRSPRAY, 13, LIZA, ESTATE, GREASE, CHRISTMAS, FRANKENSTEIN, S
Posted: 1/4/09 at 8:51pmI don't know the right words to describe how I'm feeling, sad doesn't begin to describe it.
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